The Vicar of Wakefield: A TaleAppleton, 1842 - 284 oldal Details the romantic intrigues in the family of a country vicar in eighteenth century England. |
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29. oldal
... pleased , without cause be he cross ; Be sure , as work , to throw in contradictions ; A great lover of truth , yet a mind turned to fictions . Now mix these ingredients , which , warmed in the baking , Turn to learning and gaming ...
... pleased , without cause be he cross ; Be sure , as work , to throw in contradictions ; A great lover of truth , yet a mind turned to fictions . Now mix these ingredients , which , warmed in the baking , Turn to learning and gaming ...
37. oldal
... pleased with splendid trifles , the wrecks of their former grandeur ; and sunk into an enfeebled moral and intellectual character , re- ducing them to the level of children . From these he turns with a sort of disdain , to view a nobler ...
... pleased with splendid trifles , the wrecks of their former grandeur ; and sunk into an enfeebled moral and intellectual character , re- ducing them to the level of children . From these he turns with a sort of disdain , to view a nobler ...
40. oldal
... pleased with his familiarity with vi- cious characters , which goes beyond the purpose of mere reformation . The description of him in his professional char- acter is truly admirable ; and the similes of the bird instruct- ing his young ...
... pleased with his familiarity with vi- cious characters , which goes beyond the purpose of mere reformation . The description of him in his professional char- acter is truly admirable ; and the similes of the bird instruct- ing his young ...
46. oldal
... pleased he ever is with being treated ; and as some men gaze with admiration at the colors of a tulip , or the wing of a butterfly , so I was by nature an admirer of hap- py human faces . However , when any one of our relations was ...
... pleased he ever is with being treated ; and as some men gaze with admiration at the colors of a tulip , or the wing of a butterfly , so I was by nature an admirer of hap- py human faces . However , when any one of our relations was ...
57. oldal
... with the expectation of an approach- ing triumph ; nor was my wife less pleased and confident of their allurements and virtue . While our thoughts were thus employed , the hostess entered the room to inform 8 VICAR OF WAKEFIELD . 57.
... with the expectation of an approach- ing triumph ; nor was my wife less pleased and confident of their allurements and virtue . While our thoughts were thus employed , the hostess entered the room to inform 8 VICAR OF WAKEFIELD . 57.
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12. oldal - Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging but subsistence for the next day.
84. oldal - Forbear, my son,' the Hermit cries, ' To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. ' Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still ; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
29. oldal - With the love of a wench, let his writings be chaste ; Tip his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire to the tail. For the joy of each sex, on the world I'll bestow it. This scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester, and poet ; Though a mixture so odd, he shall merit great fame, And among brother mortals — be GOLDSMITH his name : When on earth this strange meteor no more shall appear, You, Hermes,...
64. oldal - My farm consisted of about twenty acres of excellent land, having given a hundred pounds for my predecessor's good-will. Nothing could exceed the neatness of my little enclosures, the elms and hedgerows appearing with inexpressible beauty. My house consisted of but one story, and was covered with thatch, which gave it an air of great snugness...
180. oldal - Upon asking how he had been taught the art of a cognoscente so very suddenly, he assured me that nothing was more easy. The whole secret consisted in a strict adherence to two rules: the one always to observe, that the picture might have been better if the painter had taken more pains ; and the other, to praise the works of Pietro Perugino. But...
207. oldal - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
86. oldal - Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to...
43. oldal - THERE are an hundred faults in this Thing, and an hundred things might be said to prove them beauties. But it is needless. A book may be amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.
111. oldal - ... commission ; and the next morning I perceived his sisters mighty busy in fitting out Moses for the fair ; trimming his hair, brushing his buckles, and cocking his hat with pins. The business of the toilet being over, we had at last the satisfaction of seeing him mounted upon the colt, with a deal box before him to bring home groceries in. He had on a coat made of that cloth they call thunder and lightning, which, though grown too short, was much too good to be thrown away.
46. oldal - We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo ; all our adventures were by the fire-side, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown.